About the OMHAP Advisory Committee

ACT has been funded by the B.C. Ministry for Children and Family Development to facilitate the development of online training resources for clinicians to enable them to provide mental health services to children with ASD. The severe shortage of adequate mental health services is a pervasive issue confronting families across Canada seeking mental health support for their children with autism, across the lifespan.

ACT has brought together an Advisory Committee, composed of leading autism specialists from across British Columbia and Canada to consider how to best tackle the challenge of the shortage of mental health clinicians confident in treating children with ASD. In addition, representatives of community organizations have joined the committee to advise ACT and help promote the resources being developed.